Road-cart



(N0 Model.)

D. ARGERBRIGHT.

ROAD CART.

No. 298,652. Patented May 13, 1884.

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DANIEL ARGERBRIGHT, OF TROY, OHIO.

ROAD-CART.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 298,652, dated May 13, 1884.

Application filed September 17, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, 111 amp concern:

Be it known that I, D. ARGERBRIGI-IT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, in the county of Miami and State of Ohio, have invented certain new an d useful Improvements in Two-Vheeled Carts; and I do declare the.

following to be a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure l of the drawings is a representation ofa plan view of my two-wheeled cart. Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view, and Figs. 3, 4, and 5 are detail views.

This invention has relation to roadcarts; and it consists in the construction and novel arrangement of devices, as will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims appended.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, a design ates the axle, mounted on two wheels. This axle may be either a straight axle or a crank-axle. Iprefer the crank-axle shown, for the reason that I can hang the body down lower by using it. I also weld the springsupports b b for the lower springs, 00, onto the axle, as by so doing the axle is not weakened by bolt holes, and the expense of clips is avoided. The springsIterm double springs, and are semi-elliptic. The lower springs, c 0, are bolted to the spring-supports I) b by bolts cl d.

e e designate the upper ,and intermediate springs, to which the sidebars, f f, are bolted. The upper and lower springs are connected in pairs at their rear ends by wrist-bolts g y, having washers h h, intermediate of their ends, made solid with the bolts, and the ends of the bolts that enter the eyes of the lower springs, c c, are made tight in the spring ends,and the nuts 2' on the outer ends of said bolts 9 gare screwed up solid. The inner ends of the bolts to which the upper springs are attached form wrists upon which the upper springs have free play. I may, however, use a connecting-rod at these points, as shown at the front ends of the springs, instead of the bolts; but the bolts,where some styles of body are used, present a better appearance than the rod would at this point. The

front ends of the upper and lower springs are hinged to a connecting-rod, 7c,washers 71/ h be ing interposed between the eyesat the ends of the springs, and securing-nuts z" are employed at the ends of the rod.

Another feature of the invention is a safety link, Z, with a j oint, or slotted without a joint. One end of this jointed or slotted link Zis perforated and secured to the end of a lateral arm, m, secured to the thills near the front ends of the pairs of springs, and held in pivotal connection with the lateral arms by a nut, a. \Vhere a jointed link is used, the end of the 6" other arm of the link is perforated and secured to the end of the connecting-rod 7c bya nut, 2", also in pivotal connection with the rod k. \Vhere a straight link is used, the end connect ing with the rod is is slotted to give the necessary play to the rod. The object of the linkZ is to prevent the body from falling backward or forward in case the spring-supports should break where attached to the axle,which is liable to take place where there is no other attachment to the axle.

The manner of connecting the springs by the wrist-bolts and connecting-rod, orby two connecting-rods, does away with the loose shackles commonly employed, and at the same time binds the springs more firmly together.

The side bars, f f, are connected by metal straps 0 0, having transverse slots pp near each end. The body of the road-cart rests 011 these metal straps 0 0,and is secured thereto bypassing bolts 1 down through the body-sills and through the slots, and turning nuts on thebolts up against the straps. By slacking the nuts under the straps, the body maybe adjusted either forward or backward, to get'a perfect balance of the cart.

To secure the shafts r to the axle, I first place on the axle the shackles s s, and secure them rigidly to the axle by the cross-ties s s and bolts ti. Ithen place the shafts on the shackles, the shaft-irons it having projections a, which pass down into the lips of the shackles, which project upward. The projections and lips are perforated for the securingbolts a which are passed through to form hinges. The object of 100 the hinges is to allow the shafts to be adjusted up or down to suit either a large or a small horse,without throwing the body out of level. This adjustment is accomplished in the follow ing manner: To raise the shafts at their points, slack the front nuts, 12, and screw up the rear 'nuts, 1/, on the bolts connecting theshafts to the shackles. To lower the points of the shafts, 5 slack the rear nuts and screw up the front nuts, and when the nuts have been screwed up tight the shafts are rigidly secured to the axle. The shafts are spliced in front of the cross-bar by means of sockets to w. The ends of the shaftsections are made tapering, and they rest in the tapering seats of the sockets and are secured in place by bolts 00 :0. The advantages of the splices are that the cart may be reduced more than one-half in lengthfor shipping, thus putting them in more compact form, whereby more carts can be put on a car, thus reducing the freight. Should the shaft get broken in front of the splice, it may be more cheaply replaced, and can be done at any carriage or wagon shop. Having thus fully describedmy invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is r 1. In a road-cart, the double semi-elliptic springs secured directly to the axle and the side bars, and connected in pairs at their rear ends by wrist-bolts, washers, and securing-nuts, and at their front ends by a connecting-rod, washer, and securing end nuts, substantially as specified.

2. In "a road-cart, the combination,with the connecting-rod7catthefrontendsofthesprings, of the link Z, connecting the lateral arm m on the inside of one of the shafts, to prevent the body from tilting backward or forward in case of the breakage of theaxle-connection withv the springs, substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with the semi-elliptic springs connected to the axle and at their front and rear ends, as described, of the side bars and connecting-bars 0 0, provided with the transverse slots 1), whereby the cart-body may be secured thereto by bolts and nuts, and adjusted back and forth, substantially as and for the purposes specified. I

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in 45 presence of two witnesses.

D. ARGERBRIGHT.

witnesses:

HENRY BREWER, JOHN DE WOLF. 

